Thomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, M.L.Floyd2008Mesa Verde National Park Vegetation Mapping Project - Field Plot Pointsvector digital data, shapefilehttp://www1.usgs.gov/vip/meve/meveplot.zipThomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, L. Ogden, M.L. Floyd, K. Schulz, B. Friesen, T. Fancher, R. Waltermire, and A. Cully.2008Vegetation Classification and Distribution Mapping Report: Mesa Verde National Parkreportdoi:10.5066/F7XW4GR4The Mesa Verde National Park Classification Releve Location zip shapefile (meveplot.zip) was developed as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) product to represent the location of classification releves measured in the vegetation and mapping project conducted at Mesa Verde National Park. Its spatial extent covers Mesa Verde National Park and an approximate 1 kilometer buffer around the park boundary (park environs).The zip shapefile (meveplot.zip) maps sites where classification releve observations were made for the vegetation mapping project conducted at Mesa Verde National Park. Field data was collected by a team lead by M.L. Floyd. Original field data is documented in mevedata.mdb.2004ground conditionCompleteNone plannedMesa Verde National Park and environs-108.556349-108.33990337.34184737.157578NoneUSGS/NPS Vegetation Mapping ProgramNational Park ServiceVegetation Map classification releve pointsNoneMesa Verde National ParkColoradoFour Corners Regionsouthwest ColoradoNoneStandardized National Vegetation Classification Systemvegetation classificationalliancecommunity associationKingdomPlantaeNoneNoneLisa ThomasSouthern Colorado Plateau NetworkCoordinator/Ecologistmailing addressSCPN National Park ServiceNorthern Arizona UniversityPO Box 5765FlagstaffArizona86011-5765USA928-523-9280Lisa_Thomas@nps.govMicrosoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535Thomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, M.L. Floyd2008meveplot.zipzip shapefileThomas, K.A., M.L. McTeague, L. Ogden, M.L. Floyd, K. Schulz, B. Friesen, T. Fancher, R. Waltermire, and A. Cully.2008Vegetation Classification and Distribution Mapping Report: Mesa Verde National ParkreportUnknownShapefile covers the entire park and park environsField observers recorded the geographic coordinates of classification releves established in the field. These coordinates were entered into an Access database and imported into GIS to develop the classification releve shapefile.UnknownKathryn A. ThomasUSGS Southwest Biological Science Center, Sonoran Desert Research StationVegetation Ecologistmailing addressUSGS Sonoran Desert Research StationUniversity of Arizona106 Environment and Natural Resource BuildingTucsonArizona85721USA520-670-5534520-670-5001kathryn_a_thomas@usgs.govVectorEntity point147Universal Transverse Mercator120.999600-111.0000000.000000500000.0000000.000000coordinate pair0.0000320.000032metersNorth American Datum of 1983Geodetic Reference System 806378137.000000298.257222meveplotShapefile attribute table. Point locations of classification releve observations.USGSFIDInternal feature number.ESRISequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.ShapeFeature geometry.ESRICoordinates defining the features.OBJECTIDInternal feature number.ESRISequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.PlotCodeUnique ID for each classification releve assigned in the field.Producer defined. This ID cross references the shapefile with mevedata.mdb tables: tblPlotDetails and tblPlotLocation.Unique code assigned to the plot code, correspoinding to Plots database.UTMEastingUTM easting coordinateUSGS716982735658Meters1.39UTMNorthinUTM northing coordinateUSGS41156514135610Meters1.39UTMErrorUTM error is the maximum errors permitted in horizontal positions and elevations shown on mapsUSGS0.862.751.39 MetersHorizontal precision for coordinates that were differentially corrected. ND indicates differential correction was not done.USGS/CSS/Core Science Analytics and SynthesisUSGS-NPS Vegetation Characterization Program Coordinatormailing and physical addressDenver Federal Center, Building 810, MS 302DenverColorado80225(303) 202-4220303-202-4219gs-b-npsveg@usgs.govDownloadable DataThe U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics (if available) are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such.
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